Lyrics to Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans"-- Part 1

Arranged by J. Driftwood, sung by Johnny Horton.  Hit #1 on the Billboard pop charts April 27, 1959.  You can find it on the Johnny Horton album 16 Biggest Hits.

Please do not sing along as you read it!

"In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp
We took a little bacon we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans.

REFRAIN

"We fired out guns and the British kept a comin'
There wasn't nigh as many as there were a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
On down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.


"We looked down the river
And we see'd the British come
And there must have been a hundred of 'em
A beatin' on the drum
They stepped so high
And they made the bugles ring
We stood beside our cotton bales And didn't say a thing.

Then a new refrain in the next post.

Didn't Sing Along, Did You?  --Brock-Perry